Ninth Annual McKnight Brain Research Foundation Inter-Institutional Meeting

APRIL 28th, 2016

“Successful aging: lessons from the oldest old”
Claudia Kawas,M.D.
Professor, Neurology, School of Medicine
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior, School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine

MRI CORE SESSION

“Magnetic resonance imaging to characterize age cognitive decline in the oldest old”
Clinton B. Wright, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Scientific Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

“Opportunities for defining brain connections in the oldest old”
Kristina M. Visscher, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute and Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

“Understanding brain aging: relationship to health factors”
Gene E. Alexander, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience
Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute Director
Brain Imaging Behavior & Aging Lab University of Arizona

“Regional vulnerability as a key to cognitive aging”
Scott A. Small, M.D.
Boris and Rose Katz Professor of Neurology Director
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Columbia University

EPIGENETICS CORE SESSION

“What can the transcriptome tell us about regional vulnerability to age and cognitive impairment”
Thomas C. Foster, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Chair for Research on Cognitive Aging and Memory
University of Florida

“What can the transcriptome tell us about hippocampal subregion differences?”
Matthew J. Huentelman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurogenomics Division
Co-Director, Center for Rare Childhood Disorders Translational Genomics Research Institute Faculty Affiliate, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Arizona

“Neuroepigenetic regulation of learning and memory”
Jeremy Day, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute and Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

APRIL 29th, 2016

“Separating the earliest phase of Alzheimer’s disease from age- related cognitive decline: the BIOCARD study”
Marilyn S. Albert, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology
Director of Cognitive Neuroscience
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

COGNITIVE AGING CORE SESSION

“Independent instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in successful cognitive aging versus MCI”
Virginia G. Wadley, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Director, Dementia Research Program
Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging
Associate Director Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility
University of Alabama at Birmingham

“The role of frailty in normal cognitive aging”
Bonnie E. Levin, Ph.D.
Bernard and Alexandria Schoninger Professor of Neurology
Director, Division of Neuropsychology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

“McKnight brain aging registry: update and preliminary findings”
Ronald Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology, Psychiatry, Clinical and Health Psychology
Aging and Geriatric Research Director
Cognitive Aging and Memory-Clinical Translational Research Program (CAM-CTRP)
Institute on Aging University of Florida

“Changes in time perception during aging can impair memory: Is no clock better than a bad clock?”
Fabian Fernandez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and BIO5 Fellow
Departments of Psychology, Neurology and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Arizona

DATA BLITZ SESSION

“Preserving brain health: new insights from a prospective study in 1000 individuals from the general population”
Asta K. Haberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Faculty Affiliate, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute University of Arizona

“Advance ophthalmic imaging of ocular microvasculature in age- related memory loss”
Hong Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuro-ophthalmology & Neurology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

“Preclinical studies of epigenetic mechanisms in accumulative stress effects on age-related memory decline”
Victoria Huang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

“White matter injury and repair”
Charles H. Cohan, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate Department of Neurology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

“A rodent model of medial temporal lobe-dependent discrimination deficits in the elderly”
Sara N. Burke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute University of Florida

“The social determinants of healthy aging”
David A. Sbarra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Director, Clinical Training University of Arizona